"Boat-shaped" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... strong. The four other feet are still covered by the common envelope, and are absolutely inert. It is the same with the antennae, which can scarcely be seen through the magnifying-glass. The organism which has issued from the egg is a boat-shaped body with a fin-shaped limb pointing backwards on the ventral face, formed by the junction of the two fore-limbs. The segmentation of the body is very clear, especially on the abdomen. The whole body is perfectly smooth, without the least ...
— Social Life in the Insect World • J. H. Fabre |
